Hamdy el-Gazzar compares how satirist Bassem Youssef has won over the people of Egypt to the roles in centuries past that court jesters played to sultans.
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As a 90% budget cut potentially heralds the end of the Prague Writers’ Festival, Hamdy el-Gazzar remembers his attendance in 2012.
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Hamdy el-Gazzar highlights the Egyptian Sarcasm Society, a Facebook page that uses black humor to comment on political and social issues in the country.
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Hamdy el-Gazar presents a poem for the women in his life.
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Hamdy el-Gazzar discusses an Egyptian magazine paying tribute to the Tunisian Revolution’s impact on the region with its publication “Book of the Revolution.”
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Hamdy El-Gazzar addresses Egypt’s latest protests in the words of poet Salah Abdel Sabour.
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On November 19, 2012, a march was held in Cairo to call for the reform of the Egyptian police. One of the protestors, Mohamed “Jica” Jaber, was killed.
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